TITLE 14: COMMERCE
SUBTITLE A: REGULATION OF BUSINESSCHAPTER I: SECRETARY OF STATE
PART 130
REGULATIONS UNDER ILLINOIS SECURITIES LAW OF 1953
SECTION 130.1112 RULES OF EVIDENCE

Section 130.1112 Rules of
Evidence

a) The Hearing Officer shall have authority to conduct the
hearing, to administer oaths, to examine witnesses, to rule upon the
admissibility of evidence, and to subpoena witnesses or documents at the
request of any party.

b) Irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be
excluded. The rules of evidence and privilege as applied in civil cases in the
Circuit Courts of this State shall be followed. However, evidence not
admissible under such rules of evidence may be admitted (except where precluded
by statute) if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent men
in the conduct of their affairs in accordance with Section 10-40 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, par.
1010-40). Objections to evidentiary offers may be made and shall be noted in
the record. Subject to these requirements, when a hearing will be expedited
and the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced, any part of the
evidence maybe received in written form. Subject to the evidentiary
requirements of this Section, a party may conduct cross-examination required
for a full and fair disclosure of the facts.

c) Notice may be taken of matters of which the Circuit Courts of
this State may take judicial notice. In addition, notice may be taken of
generally recognized technical or scientific facts within the agency's
specialized knowledge. Parties shall be notified either before or during the
hearing, or be reference in preliminary reports or otherwise, of the material
noticed, including any staff memoranda or data, and they shall be afforded an
opportunity to contest the material so noticed. The agency's experience,
technical competence and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the
evaluation of the evidence.